Iran awaits swift response to nuclear work

Iran awaits fast response to nuclear option

Iran expects a quick response from world powers on an accord to ship much of its lower enriched uranium to Turkey as aspect of a nuclear energy swap package, the foreign ministry mentioned on Tuesday.

Iran will notify the International Atomic Vitality Agency (IAEA) of the accord signed on Monday with Turkey and Brazil "in writing, as a result of the normal channels, inside a week," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast stated.

"We be expecting members of the Vienna team (the United States, France, Russia and the IAEA) to instantly announce their readiness" to put into action the fuel swap, he told reporters.

The IAEA mentioned it has obtained the text of the joint declaration by Iran, Brazil and Turkey but was now expecting Tehran to notify it directly of what commitments it had undertaken.

"We are now ready for written notification from Iran that it agrees with the applicable provisions involved in the declaration," IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor mentioned on Monday.

The so-labeled Vienna Party manufactured an provide final October to ship most of Iran's LEU out of the country in return for increased grade reactor fuel to be supplied by Russia and France.

Iran stalled on the work insisting it would like a simultaneous swap on its very own soil, which was rejected by earth powers.

Monday's accord signed in Tehran commits Iran to deposit 1,200 kilograms (two,640 pounds) of decreased enriched uranium (LEU) in Turkey in return for energy for a Tehran research reactor.

Mehmanparast stated if the Islamic republic reaches agreement with the nations involved in the original IAEA-backed deal, it "will pave the way for extra nuclear cooperation."